This is the funniest thing I've ever seen : the Bad Gaiman Challenge

**Eldan** · 2015-01-08, 06:31 PM (ISO 8601)

What is the Bad Gaiman Challenge? Apparently, a challenge to write bad short stories in the Style of Neil Gaiman. Who then personally read out the winners/losers in the video linked below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cK-8jnub5Q

**TheThan** · 2015-01-08, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)

buahaha;

that was amazing.

and I'm not much of a fan of Neil Gaiman's work.

**CarpeGuitarrem** · 2015-01-08, 06:50 PM (ISO 8601)

Oh my word.

The last one.

The last one was perfect.

**Eldan** · 2015-01-08, 07:06 PM (ISO 8601)

My personal favourite is the moon and the crow and the tree and the wolf and the boy.

**Fri** · 2015-01-09, 08:02 AM (ISO 8601)

This is hillarious.

I wish I could read more of the submissions. Are they available anywhere?

**Eldan** · 2015-02-03, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)

Not over the date yet!

I thought of this again, googled it, and found a few more, written down. I actually quite like the Plowman and the Harmonium.

**BWR** · 2015-02-04, 02:16 AM (ISO 8601)

Yup, those were some wonderfully bad stories. Having Gaiman himself read them is just perfect.

**lord_khaine** · 2015-02-04, 12:25 PM (ISO 8601)

The sword was big. The guy hit the other guy with the sword. It was awesome. The end.

–Noah

I get the feeling that HBO has already brought the rights to this one, and Noah is lighting cigars with $100 bills. Congrats, Noah. Would it hurt you to return our calls?

Bwahahaha!!! ye gods.. sometimes the comments are the best part.. :P

**Eldan** · 2015-02-05, 05:23 AM (ISO 8601)

It doesn't sound very Gaiman, though, that one. Seems about half the people hit his tone, the other half wrote something generically fantasy-ish.

**GolemsVoice** · 2015-02-05, 11:45 AM (ISO 8601)

God, this is hilarious. I absolutely love the story about the crow and the boy (and the wolf and the moon). That's actually some pretty good humour, there.

**007_ctrl_room** · 2015-02-05, 11:48 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by TheThan

buahaha;

that was amazing.

and I'm not much of a fan of Neil Gaiman's work.

I've only read American Gods, but wow that was a super good book - highly recommend it!

**Lethologica** · 2015-02-05, 11:59 PM (ISO 8601)

Take a moment to contemplate the narration. Neil Gaiman reads bad stories as well as he writes good stories.

**Eldan** · 2015-02-06, 03:54 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by GolemsVoice

God, this is hilarious. I absolutely love the story about the crow and the boy (and the wolf and the moon). That's actually some pretty good humour, there.

And the tree, don't forget the tree.

That one, from what the youtube comments tell me, is actually from an established webcomic writer.

**Piggy Knowles** · 2015-02-06, 08:29 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Eldan

And the tree, don't forget the tree.

That one, from what the youtube comments tell me, is actually from an established webcomic writer.

Yeah, David Malki writes the comic Wondermark, and has done a fair bit of work with Ryan North et al on the Machine of Death stories, IIRC. Still, his was the best at just nailing Gaiman's style.

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